Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space
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Additional course evaluations for LK0252
Academic year 2024/2025
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20100)
2024-11-01 - 2025-01-19
Academic year 2023/2024
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20075)
2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14
Academic year 2022/2023
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20028)
2022-11-01 - 2023-01-15
Academic year 2021/2022
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20065)
2021-11-02 - 2022-01-16
Academic year 2020/2021
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20095)
2020-11-02 - 2021-01-17
Academic year 2019/2020
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20028)
2019-11-01 - 2020-01-19
Academic year 2018/2019
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20044)
2018-11-05 - 2019-01-20
Academic year 2017/2018
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20052)
2017-10-30 - 2018-01-14
Academic year 2016/2017
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20084)
2016-10-31 - 2017-01-15
Academic year 2015/2016
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space (LK0252-20137)
2015-10-26 - 2016-01-17
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0252 Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space, 15.0 Credits
Studio - Landscape architecture and urban spaceSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Single module | 15.0 | 0005 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
EnglishPrior knowledge
Knowledge equivalent to 150 credits of which 90 credits in Landscape Architecture and/or Architecture containing at least 45 credits of studio or project courses. Knowledge equivalent to English 6.Objectives
The purpose of this advanced course is to individually design an urban space, and in doing so adapt to relevant aesthetical, social and ecological aspects.
After completion of this course the student shall have acquired skills to:
Knowledge and understanding
- identify and formulate qualified design problems related to the site conditions and society and people’s needs and resources
Skill and ability
- independently plan and carry out a design task of a public urban space with high complexity
- design a public urban space in a convincing manner and with good quality
- demonstrate the ability to handle landscape architecture materials in a public urban space
- communicate the design process and proposal by word, visually and in text, with different audiences, both specialists and those who are not familiar with the subject
Ability to asses and approach
- individually select methods for site analysis, design and presentation and evaluate the impact of selected methods.
Content
The studio course has the city’s public space as a theme which includes both formal and informal spaces. The emphasis is to consider and to design a complex urban space. The types of public urban spaces can vary from year to year between parks, central paths to squares etc. The task is based on a program that defines different claims made on the site. A joint field trip is made to the site.
Previously approved landscape methods for identification, analysis and interpretation of sites is used and deepened, and alternative methods are presented and promoted in the design process to an elaborated proposal. The student should consciously relate to site conditions and impacts on various aspects of sustainable development.
The course deals with oral, visual and text presentation as well as practical and theoretical knowledge about how to communicate an idea.
Work in the studio form also means that students should be active in constructive discussions and criticism on other students’ suggestions.
Seminars, field trip and activities connected to them are compulsory.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Passed project work and active participation in compulsory activities.
If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Additional information
The course gives 15 credits of skill training.Pre-knowledge in design with digital tools (CAD, Adobe, Sketchup etc) in project- or studio courses is recommended.
The field trip is financed by the student. Information about the costs will be available at the course homepage 4 weeks before course start.
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further information
Litterature list
Course literature
Requierd reeding:
Hand book Gata Stockholm (used as a design guide)Links to an external site.
*Field Guide to Life in Urban Plazas: A Study in New York City.*Links to an external site.SWA Group
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Seminar 1:
Required reading:
Corner, J. (1999). The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention. Download The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention.I: Cosgrove, D. (red.) Mappings. Reaktion Books. 214-252.
Optional reading:
Amistadi, L., Balducci, V., Bradecki, T., Prandi, E., & Schröder, U. (Eds.). (2021). Mapping Urban Spaces: Designing the European City (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190660Links to an external site.; https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/824793/files/824793.pdfLinks to an external site.
van Dooren, N., & Nielsen, A. B. (2018). The representation of time: addressing a theoretical flaw in landscape architecture. Landscape Research, 44(8), 997–1013. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2018.1549655Links to an external site.
Engelman, R., Gehl, J., Svarre, B. (2013). How to Study Public Life. United States: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics. https://link.springer.com/book/10.5822/978-1-61091-525-0#bibliographic-informationLinks to an external site.
Girot, C. (1999). Four trace concepts in Landscape Architecture*.* Download Four trace concepts in Landscape Architecture.I: Corner, J. (red.) Recovering Landscape: Essays in contemporary Landscape Architecture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, s. 58-67
Herrington, Susan. "A phenomenological method for the landscape studio." Teaching Landscape. Routledge, 2019. 80-94.
Liu, M. Nijhuis, S. (2020). Mapping landscape spaces: Methods for understanding spatial-visual characteristics in landscape design,
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 82, 2020, 106376, ISSN 0195-9255, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106376Links to an external site.
Oles, T. (2013). Go with me: 50 steps to landscape thinking. Architectura+ Natura. https://issuu.com/bouwkunst/docs/thomas_oles-gowithme-50stepsLinks to an external site.
Olmedo, Élise, & Christmann, M. (2019). Perform the Map: Using Map-Score Experiences to Write and Reenact Places. Cartographic Perspectives, (91), 63–80. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP91.1486Links to an external site.
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Seminar 2:
Required reading:
Ward Thompson, C. & Aspinall, P. (1996). Making the Past Present in the Future: The Design Process as Applied History. *Landscape Journal, *15(1), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.15.1.36Links to an external site.
Optional reading:
Carlson, D. & Collard-Arias, M. (2022). Trajectories of practice across time: moving beyond the histories of landscape architecture. *Landscape Research, *47(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2021.1989393Links to an external site.
Harris, D. (1997). What History Should We Teach And Why? An Historian's Response. *Landscape Journal, *16(2), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.16.2.191Links to an external site.
Hunt, J.D. (2016). Is Landscape History? I: Waldheim, C. & Doherty, G. red.) Is landscape . . .? Essays on the identity of landscape. Routledge. 247-260. https://www.routledge.com/Is-Landscape--Essays-on-the-Identity-of-Landscape/Doherty-Waldheim/p/book/9781138018471Links to an external site.
Riley, R.B. (1995). What History Should We Teach And Why? *Landscape Journal, *14(2), 220-225. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.14.2.220Links to an external site.
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Seminarium 3:
Required reading:
Etteger, R.v., Thompson, I.H. & Vicenzotti, V. (2016). Aesthetic creation theory and landscape architecture. *Journal of Landscape Architecture, *11(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2016.1144688Links to an external site.
Optional reading:
Feldman, E. B. (1992). Formalism and its Discontents. Studies in Art Education, 33(2), 122–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.1992.11651866Links to an external site.
Parsons, G., & Carlson, A. (2004). New Formalism and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 62(4), 363–376.
Persson, O. (2023). *Parc La Salvaora : a design proposal exploring the aesthetics of place-related curiosity. *Master thesis. Department of Urban and Rural Development. SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/19380/
Zangwill, N. (2007).* Aesthetic creation*. Oxford University Press.
Zyl, A. v. & Etteger, R. v. (2021). Aesthetic Creation Theory applied: A tribute to a glacier. *Journal of Landscape Architecture, *16(1), 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2021.1948193Links to an external site.
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Other readings:
Design process:
Michanek, Jonas & Breiler, Andréas (2012). Idéagenten: en handbok i att leda kreativa processer. 3., rev. uppl. Malmö: Arx
Potter, Norman (2002). What is a designer: things, places, messages. 4. rev. ed. London: Hyphen
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Sustainability:
Mertens, E. Resilient City Landscape Architecture for Climate Change; Birkhäuser: Basel, Switzerland, 2022
Harper, K. H. 2018. Aesthetic sustainability: product design and sustainable usage. Abingdon: Routledge
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Aesthetics and design:
Herrington, S. (2019). Landscape design. In: The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies. 2. ed. Routledge. 487–498. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315195063-39Links to an external site.
Herrington, S. (2009). On landscapes. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315822037Links to an external site.
Lenzholzer, S. (2008) A city is not a building Download A city is not a building– architectural concepts for public square design in Dutch urban climate contexts, Journal of Landscape Architecture, 3:1,
44-55, https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2008.9723395Links to an external site.
Meyer, E.K., 2008. Sustaining beauty. The performance of appearance: A manifesto in three parts. Journal of landscape Architecture, 3(1), pp.6-23.
Nassauer, J.I. (1995). Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames. Landscape journal, 14 (2), 161–170. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.14.2.161Links to an external site.
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Urban Design:
Sim, D. (2019). *Soft City: Building density for everyday life. *Washington: Island press
Streetscapes/infrastructure:
Ranhagen, U. (2022). Designguide för Smarta gator. Retrieved from KTH, Chalmers, VTI, Spacescape, Sweco & White Arkitekter website: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-41641Links to an external site.
Parker, C. (2021). Homelessness in the Public Landscape: A Typology of Informal Infrastructure. Landscape journal, 40 (1), 49–66. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.40.1.49Links to an external site.
Urban street design guideLinks to an external site.
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Presentations and visual argumentation:
Fletcher, M. (2020). Visual Communication for Architects and Designers: Constructing the Persuasive Presentation. New York: Rootledge
Tufte, Edward R. (2006). Beautiful evidence. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press LLC
Tufte, Edward R. (1990). Envisioning information. Cheshire: Graphics Press
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